About the Company: Our client is a manufacturing organization looking to expand their accounting team.
About the Job: As the Senior Accountant, you'll report to the Controller and will be responsible for supporting day to day accounting operations, as well as supervising AP and AR.
Essential Responsibilities:
Reconcile balance sheet accounts at period end; prepare corresponding GL journal entries to maintain a complete and accurate GL in conformity with US GAAP.
Record weekly gross-to-net payroll in the GL including underlying analysis to support allocations to multiple entities.
Perform analysis of various accounts and transactions to determine period-end accruals; record corresponding GL entries.
Analyze prepaid expenses at month-end and monitor for any current period additions; record corresponding GL entries.
Maintain fixed asset register and depreciation schedules including additions and disposals, gain/loss on sale, and corresponding monthly GL journal entries.
Maintain lease accounting and record corresponding lease accounting monthly in the GL (aided by lease accounting software).
Support the annual external audit by responding to auditor inquiries, providing supporting documentation, and by preparing ad-hoc analyses when/if needed.
Develop strong working relationships with cross-functional teams to effectively contribute to continuous improvement projects.
Perform variance analysis on select financial information and provide explanations that provide management with insight and understanding of significant fluctuations.
Provide accounting support for acquisitions by reviewing financial information; converting data to the general ledger system; obtaining supplementary information for preparing financial statements.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance preferred
5+ years of experience in private and/or public accounting